How do you pour a NE IPA?

[Mothman]

Being from BC, Canada, the NE IPA style is a rarity in commercial brews.

I've found a couple, and have enjoyed them, and I'm always on the lookout for more.

One question I have, being a NE IPA noob...

One of the commercial brews I found (Side Cut by Bridge Brewing Co) included on their label a little pictograph showing that the intended way to pour is to pour most of the bottle, then swirl the remaining, then pour the mixed remainder into the glass.

So that's what I did, resulted in great hazy, almost opaque, orange-juice looking glass of beer, and tasted great.

My question is... is that the 'proper' , or standard way to pour this style, or similar styles (eg. unfiltered IPA)??

Is the goodness (for those that like the style) a result of mixing in the trub?

 

[thedon986]

That's how I do it. I also do that with some Wits and Weissbiers as I like what the sediment adds.

 

[kh54s10]

Try one by mixing in the sediment, if you like it continue. If you don't stop that!

I have only had one commercial six pack and I poured it all in but did not swirl up any sediment. I don't remember seeing any though. The beer didn't seem much different than any other IPA other than being a bit cloudy.

 

[trav77]

Personal preference really. I personally don't love them murky (or any beer for that matter).

is Blindman Longshadows available in BC? That's the only proper NE IPA I've found here in AB. It's quite good (as is a lot of their other stuff).

 

[eric19312]

Other Half Brewing suggests gently rolling the cans before pouring into a glass. Heady Topper recommends drinking direct from the can.

 

[griffi]

depends if you like yeast from bottle conditioned beer. mostly, i don't. A NEIPA should be hazy without depending on swirled bottle dregs to get there...

 

[Mothman]

Personal preference really. I personally don't love them murky (or any beer for that matter).

is Blindman Longshadows available in BC? That's the only proper NE IPA I've found here in AB. It's quite good (as is a lot of their other stuff).

I've never seen it here in Kelowna.

 

[day_trippr]

depends if you like yeast from bottle conditioned beer. mostly, i don't. A NEIPA should be hazy without depending on swirled bottle dregs to get there...

I doubt anything coming from The Alchemist is actually bottle conditioned.
That said, there is zero doubt that yeast plays a large role wrt flavor in Heady, for instance, and re-suspending same would likely bring the product back to what the brewer intended...

Cheers!

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

I tilt the glass, hold it below the tap and pour. When the fluid nears the top of the glass, I straighten the glass and close the tap when it's full.

Should I be swirling my keg prior to pouring?

You shouldn't have to work up dregs to get a hazy NEIPA.